2. MEANING OF VOLUNTARY
ORGANIZATION
A voluntary association or union also sometimes called
a voluntary organization, unincorporated
association, common-interest association, or just
an association.
Is a group of individuals who enter into an agreement
as volunteers to form a body (or organization) to accomplish
a purpose.
Common examples include trade associations, trade
unions, learned societies and professional
associations, environmental groups, and various other types
of groups.
3. IN THE HISTORY
During the second half of the 19th century, nationalist
consciousness spread across India and self- help emerged as the
primary focus of socio-political movements.
Numerous organizations were established during this period,
1. Friend-in-need Society (1858)
2. Prathana Samaj (1873)
3. Arya Samaj (1875)
4. WHO declared the term NGO in 1945
4. HISTORY OF VOLUNTARY
ORGANIZATION
Though the term NGO became popular in India only in the
1980’s the voluntary sector has an older tradition.
Since independence from the British in 1947, the voluntary
sector had a lot of respect in the minds of people-
First because the father of the nation MAHATMA GANDHI
was an active participant
Second because India has always had the tradition of honoring
those who have made some sacrifice to help others
5. CRITERIA OF OFFICIALLY DECLARED
VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION
organization should be a legal entity
activities to be open to all citizens of India irrespective of
religion, caste, creed, sex or race
6. CR ITER IA OF OFFICIA LLY DECLA R ED
VOLUNTA RY ORGA NIZA TION
Objective of serving the social and economic needs of the community as a
whole and mainly the weaker sections
must not work for profit but on no profit and no loss basis
have the necessary flexibility, professional competence and organizational
skills to implement programmes
office bearers should not be elected members of any political party
declares that it will adopt constitutional and non-violent means for rural
development purposes
committed to secular and democratic concepts
7. ROLE OF VOLUNTA RY ORGA NIZA TION
IN SOCIA L DEVELOPMENT
Traditionally …..
They went into village or a group of village and ran
1.Literacy programmes 2.Crèches for children 3.Clinics
4. Encouraged farmers to experiment with new crops and livestock breeds
that bring more money
5. Helped weavers and other village artisans to market their products
8. RESEARCH / ADVOCACY /
LEGAL
The second role of voluntary organization as ..
Who research a particular subject in depth
Lobbied with the government or with industry
Petitioned the courts for improvements in the
lives of the citizens
Eg. CSE – CENTRE FOR SCIENCE AND
ENVIRONMENT, New Delhi
9. ACTIVISTS
They are against the bureaucrats and
politicians if they were found wrong and
also file petition against them
They alerted media towards these
acts.
And made people aware about he
happenings
10. SOCIAL MOBILIZATION
Social Mobilization is the process of
collecting together, harnessing,
actualizing and utilizing potential human
resources for the purpose of
development.
It is process whereby human beings
are made aware of the resources at their
disposal, and are also motivated and
energized to collectively utilize such
resources for the improvement of their
spiritual and material conditions of living
11. SOCIAL CAPITAL OPPORTUNITY
Face-to-face interaction provided by participation in voluntary
organizations not only teaches essential civics skills, such as trust,
compromise and reciprocity, but also binds society together by creating
bridges between diverse groups
These bridges are viewed as difficult to create because they necessitate
people going outside their social circles
12. RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Supplementing Government efforts as
they are close to the mind and hearts of
the rural people
Provides self employment training
Poverty alleviation programs
Development of women and children
in rural areas
Various other central and state
schemes
13. NEED FOR REFORMS IN
VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION
Consequence of coalition government
engagement in policy design and implementation
The sustainability and viability of services in a time of cuts
Poor commissioning practice
An uneven playing field for commissioning services
Getting the design of payment by results right
15. REFERENCES
Books
1. The Role of Social Capital: Bridging, Bonding or Both? - Mary Foster, Agnes Mein
hard, Ida Berger
2. Social welfare administration – S. L. Goel
3. Strengthening the role of voluntary development organization's: policy issues
facing official aid agencies – Alan F .Fowler
Websites
1. www.slideshare.net
2. www.academia.edu
3. www.studymode.com